The Rt. Rev. David Rossdale, CofE Bishop of Grimsby, Diocese of Lincoln, has an idea which he discusses in his blog. He says
Much has been made of Resolution 1.10 from the 1998 Conference, as though this is an enduring and unerring piece of truth. It has become almost a test for orthodoxy. But if this resolution has such enduring status, then all resolutions of the Lambeth Conference must be given the same status.
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…how do we reconcile Resolution 19 from 1897 with 1.10 from 1998?
“That it is important that, so far as possible, the Church should be adapted to local circumstances, and the people brought to feel in all ways that no burdens in the way of foreign customs are laid upon them, and nothing is required of them but what is of the essence of the faith, and belongs to the due order of the Catholic Church.”
As I heard the conversations between Bishops from very different context explaining how issues in sexuality affected their mission within their context, social norms and cultural inheritance – Resolution 19 sounded very modern. It addresses the crux of these matters – what is the essence of faith and of order? The conversations of which I was part were really about ‘foreign customs’ being forced upon radically different parts of the Communion – and some of those radically different parts were contained within the same province!
So I am starting a campaign for Resolution 19 and it will become my ‘litmus test’ for orthodoxy.
Read the rest here.
HT to Thinking Anglicans.